Investing in the future often entails a long wait, but the gestation period wasn’t too long for Karnataka as the faith reposed in its band of youngsters paid quick dividends. The likes of R. Smaran, K.V. Aneesh, K.L. Shrijith and Abhilash Shetty rallied around their veteran skipper Mayank Agarwal to help Karnataka lift a … Read more
The Vijay Hazare Trophy heads towards the semifinal stage with four teams left in the reckoning. The semifinal matches will be held at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Wednesday (January 15) and Thursday (January 16). Defending champion Haryana beat Gujarat by two wickets and will be pitted against Karnataka registered a five-run win over Baroda in … Read more
Punjab’s opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh on Tuesday recorded the joint second-highest first-wicket partnership in the Vijay Hazare Trophy during their match against Saurashtra at the Gujarat College Cricket Ground in Ahmedabad. The pair added 298 runs for the opening wicket, equalling the record by Bengal’s Sudip Gharami and Abhimanyu Easwaran from … Read more
Anuj Rawat’s superbly-paced knock (78 off 103 balls) didn’t look like a match-winning effort at the innings break for Delhi. But, a fiery third spell (4-1-11-4) by India pacer Navdeep Saini proved to be a game-changer as it came back strongly to record a 79-run win over Madhya Pradesh in the second round of the … Read more